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  When I think about medical issues out on the homestead or any other off-grid lifestyle, my thoughts naturally drift toward a well-stocked first-aid kit and maybe a pair of crutches. I am immensely careless where and how I am ...

Feeling sore and chilled, I awoke to find numerous large welts on my right arm, which was slightly swollen and hot to the touch. For the next 24 hours a fever raged, peaking late afternoon at 103.2 degrees. It was ...

If you’ve never heard of galbanum oil, you’re not alone. It’s been used for thousands of years since Roman times for a diverse group of applications, from incense to embalming. But despite its history and its fresh, green “forest” aroma, ...

Sinus headache giving you the summertime blues? Instead of taking another aspirin or ibuprofen tablet, dig into the garden for a popular old-timer’s cure: horseradish. Horseradish, or Cochlearia armoracia, is a bitter vegetable that has been around for hundreds of ...

Did you know that the United States, per capita, spends more than twice the average of other developed countries on health care? Research by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reveals that this higher spending likely is driven by ...

If you are anything like me, you tend to go to the gym a few times a year. Usually right around New Year’s Day, so you can look good at the beach, and then again about September, when you realize ...

According to the CDC, 75 million Americans suffer from high blood pressure, which brings with it an increase of strokes and heart disease. Eating certain foods, though, can help to maintain a healthy blood pressure. Eating foods high in calcium, ...

During the fall ,most of us are busy harvesting the last of our summer herbs. But we also should be planting fall herbs. One of the best fall herbs is Angelica, which grows wild all over Europe. Angelica has many ...

Chances are you have chickweed growing in your backyard. But did you know this herb has multiple medicinal purposes? It grows between four and 12 inches long and produces small, yellow and green leaves. Small white flowers also develop on ...

Do you exercise regularly, eat healthy foods, do not smoke nor drink alcohol excessively? If that is you, then congratulations, you are in the 2.7 percent of Americans who live a healthy lifestyle. However, the other 97.3 percent live dangerously, ...